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MISS CULLEN'S 

SEAT OCCUPATION 



BY 



ANNIE E. CULLEN, 

Primary Teacher City Model School, Church Street, 

Toronto. 



Copyright 1906 
By March Brothers. 



LEBANON, OHIO, 

MARCH BROTHERS, Publishers. 



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MISS CULLEN'S 

SEAT OCCUPATION 



BY 



ANNIE E. CULLEN, 

Ji'rimary Teacher City Model School, Church Street, 
Toronto. 



Copyright 1906 
By March Brothers. 



LEBANON. OHIO, 

MARCH BROTHERS, Publishers. 



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NOV 25 1908 

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PREFACE. 

The work assigned to pupils at the seats, while 
the teacher is engaged with classes before the 
blackboard, should be profitable and based upon 
the knowledge gained directly under the instruc- 
tor's supervision. Work done at the seats is the 
best expression of the child's individuality and 
shows his comprehension of a subject. The 
thoughtful teacher provides many devices to fur- 
ther the pupil's development. " Variety is the 
spice of life "' in this department of school work 
as elsewhere. 

I. There must be definiteness about seat em- 

ployment, both as to matter, and method of 
production. A short explanation should 
precede each new phase of work, in order 
that regularity in results may be obtained. 
The cultivation of good systematic habits 
of thinking and working must, of neces- 
sity, produce a lasting influence ^on the 
character and life of the child. 

II. Careful revision of work is absolutely need- 

ful. The child should be trained to bring 
his best work for inspection. Occasional 
supervision and help during the progress 
of seat work may spur on some little idler 
to great attainment. 
I 



2 PREFACE. 

III. The teachcfs cupboard should contain a 
great variety of material for profitable seat 
work (children weary easily and long- for 
change), scissors for cutting, toy money, 
magazines, peg boards, colored crayons, 
pictures, slats, seeds, alphabet boxes, etc. 
It should also give an honored place to the 
teacher's record book, in which the best 
seat work is mounted and labelled with the 
owner's name and age. 
The following plans for seat work are given, 

hoping they may prove of use and of value both 

to teachers and pupils. 

Annie E. Cullen. 



MISS CULLEN'S SEAT OCCUPATION. 

. Make all the words you can from 

(a) m, t, p, r, c, a, s, f, 1, o. 

(b) s. r, f, h. t, n, p, c, i, e. 

(c) f, s, 1, m, n, p, g, d, r, b, oo, ea, etc. 



Form words from the following letters. 

1. t. h, a. 7. o, t, f, s. 

2. t, p, o. 8. s, i, n, p. 

3. e, t, n. 9. u. t, d, s. 

4. s. t, m. e. 10. g, 00, m, r. 

5. r, b, u. sh. II. t, n. s, a, d. 

6. e, 1, f, sh. 12. s, r, t, c, u. 



Transpose the letters in the following words 
to form others. 

1. nest. 5. flesh. 9. wake. 

2. tone. 6. plum. 10. pool. 

3. salt. 7. peach. 11. shad. 

4. left. 8. shout. 12. shrub. 



By means of external or internal change form 
a new word. 

1. band. 4. fond. 7. mast. 

2. step. 5. drip. 8. chip. 

3. lost. 6. loft. 9. mend. 

3 



SEAT OCCUPATION 

Write all the words you can think of contain- 
ing a certain letter or combination of let- 
ters. 

(a) Containing " o." 

(b) Containing " sh." 

(c) Containing " w." 



Make as many words as possible from the 
letters in 

1. Thanksgiving. 3. Christmas. 

2. Chatterbox. 4. Carpenter 



Compose three sentences beginning with 
I see. T like. There are. 

I have. I did. Why are. 



Write contrasted forms to the following 
statements. 

(a) The mat is drv. 

(b) The hat is old. 

(c) The cloth is thin. 

(d) The string is long. 

(e) My trunk is open. 

(f) The wind is north. Etc. 



Build all the words you can from the letters 
in the box given you. (These small paste- 
board boxes contain manv letters of the 



SEAT OCCUPATION 5 

alphabet. ) These letters are written on 
small squares of manila paper or card- 
board. The number of letters in the box 
should be increased as the list of sounds 
taught grows larger. " Busy Work Al- 
phabet Cards " contain 600 suc4i letters. 
Price 15 cents. Order from March Broth- 
ers. Lebanon, Ohio. A pupil can build 
quite a number of words from the follow- 
ing number of letters : 
6 oi " a." 4 of " r." 

4 of " s." 4 of " p." 

5 of '• t." 6 of " o." 
2 of '* c." 5 of '' m." 



10. Write questions, using the names of animals, 
as, dog, horse, cow, etc. 



II. Outline the forms of letters with split peas, 
melon seeds, or split beans, etc. 



12. Write the names of objects in the school 
room and tell of what each is made. 



13. Make the statement from the words in your 
envelope (sentences having been written 
or printed on cardboard and cut up into 
separate words), all the words of one 
sentence being in one envelope. 



6 SEAT OCCUPATION 

14. Write a list of things in a grocer's store. 

15. Tell what we get from 

I. A bee. 4. The orchard. 

2* A lake. 5. A beech tree. 

3. A hen. 6. An oak tree. 

16. Tell the names of creatures that crawl. 



17. Answer topical questions, as, 

(a) How do you do to-day? 

(b) What school do you attend? 

(c) On what street do you live? 

(d) Along what streets do you go home? 

(e) On what street would you like best to 

live and whv? 
Or, 

(a) What is the name of your favorite 

plant ? 

(b) Where does it grow? 

(c) Is it tall or short? 

(d) What kind of a root has it? 

(e) What kind of a leaf has it? 

(f) What color is its flower? 

(g) In what month does it blossom? 
Or, 

(a) Have you a cat? 

(b) What is its name? 

(c) What color is it? 

(d) Is it large or small? 

(e) What does it like to eat? 



SEAT OCCUPATION 



1 8. Spell out in order the names of the days of 
the week. 



19, Write in order the names of the months of 
the year — and tell in which your birthday 
is, or in which your mother's birthday is. 



20. Form sentences from the following words 

1. map, a. Fan. has. 

2. dog, Fred, his, tost. 

3. flag, I, a, see, red. 

4. on, table, the, is, cup. The. 

5. cap, a, gray, has, Jim. 

6. jump, you, Do, like, to. 



21. Write the names of children in your own 
class. 



22. Name the different parts of a leaf. 

(a) Tell two kinds of leaves that have 

long stems. 

(b) Tell two kinds of leaves that have 

short petioles. 

(c) Tell two kinds of leaves that have 

broad blades. 

(d) Tell two kinds of leaves that have 

no petioles. 



SEAT OCCUPATION 

(e) Tell two kinds of leaves that have 

long blades. 

(f) Where do the leaf buds come on a 

twig? 

(g) At what time are they formed? 

(h) How are they taken care of all win- 
ter? 



23. What do we call — 

1. One who looks after sheep? 

2. One who sells drugs? 

3. One who makes shoes? 

4. One who bakes bread? 

5. One who makes hats? 

6. One who sells meat? 



24. Of what are the following made? 

1. shoes. 4. books. 7. doors. 

2. bottles. 5. cups. 8. pails. 

3. windows, 6. money. 9. bread. 



25. I. Where does an owl live? 

2. What is its size? 

3. What is its color? 

4. What kind of a claw has it? 

5. What does it live upon? 

6. When does it fly about? 

7. What sort of a noise does 'it make? 



SEAT OCCUPATION 9 

26. Name the different kinds of fruit. 

27. Name nine things made of iron. 



28. Write words rhyming with 

rain, march, part, day, 
wing, grow, rash, long. 



29. Name the streets which run north and south. 



30. Write the names of articles of clothing you 
put on to come to school on a winter's day. 



31. Fill in the spaces in the following sentences 
with suitable words. 

(a) Sam and ran to school. 

(b) and Mary ate apples. 

(c) Nell and Fred can . 

(d) and I wear new hats. 

(e) Tom and Jim have slates. 



32. W'rite the names of different kinds of toys. 



lO SEAT OCCUPATION 

33. Name several streets which run east and 
west. 



34. Use properly for and four. 

(a) I went a cart. 

(b) boys sat on a bench. 

(c) Maggie came me. 

(d) I have pencils. 

(e) I see birds on a tree. 

(f) Will you send the books? 



35. Read the following sentences and do what 
each directs you. 

(a) Draw a tree with ten apples on it. 

(b) Draw a boy fishing. 

(c) Draw a boat with three people in it. 

(d) Draw a table with a box on it. 



36. Write the names of animals or objects pos- 
sessing four feet. 



37. Write the names of dififerent kinds of trees. 



38. Write the names of things in the kitchen or 
dining-room. 



SEAT OCCUPATION II 

39. Write in full partly illustrated sentences, as 
I. Fred lent his 



2. Tom put a 



on the step. 



3. I sat on the 



4. The 



5. The 




IS empty. 



is in the barn. 



12 SEAT OCCUPATION 

40. Write a story about a fox — telling 

1. Where it lives. 

2. What its size is. 

3. What is its color? 

4. What is its food ? 

5. When it goes abroad. 

6. How it is caught or killed. 

7. What use its fur is. 

8. Any story of its slyness that you know, 



41. Write a short story about the rainbow by 
telling 

1. What kind of weather brings a rainbow ? 

2. When did you see one ? 

3. Where was the sun? 

4. The colors of the rainbow ? 

5. What time of day was it seen? 



42. What employments do girls undertake when 
grown up? 



43. Name the tools a carpenter uses. 



44. Tell what the following animals like to eat- 
a spider. a robin. a squirrel, 

a hen. a caterpillar, a mouse. 

a horse. a duck. a sheep. 



SEAT OCCUPATION I3 

45. Use correctly there and their. 

(a) We have books. 

(b) is my pencil. 

(c) They went way home. 

(d) Who goes ? 

(e) she is. 

(f) W' ill they take wraps? 



46. Use correctly here and hear. 

(a) I the boat whistle. 

(b) is your gripsack. 

(c) Do you the train coming? 

(d) we go. 

(e) Will you please come ? 

(f) Can you my bird singing? 



47. Name things worn on the hands. Who 
wear them, and why ? 



48. Tell me three kinds of brushes ; three kinds 
of pins ; three kinds of needles ; three kinds 
of knives. 



49. Supply ellipses wuth correct words. 

soar. prowl. jump. 

— — cackle. chirp. spin. 

squeak. bark. croak. 

neigh. hoot. bleat. 

hum, climb. "runt. 



14 SEAT OCCUPATION 

50. Write names of things made of glass. 



51. Write the names of all animals you have 
seen. 



52. Tell something about the games you play. 



53. Write all the words on a certain page of 
your reader containing the letter a, or the 
letter o, or the letter h, etc. 



54. Draw a boat and answer these questions 
about it. 

(a) What is the name of the boat? 

(b) Of what use is the mast? 

(c) Of what use is the rudder? 

(d) Where does your boat sail from? 

(e) Where is she bound for? 

(f) What is she loaded with? 



55. Write the different things a bottle can hold. 



56. From the copy shown you, write a letter to 
one of your companions. 



SEAT OCCUPATION I5 

57. Name things which are soft to the touchy or 
things which are hard to the touch. 



58. Name things which are smooth on the sur- 
face or things which have a rough surface. 



59. Tell why you like or dislike candy, pepper, 
cake, vinegar, mustard, etc. 



60. Name things which taste sweet, or taste 
sour. 



61. Write ten words which begin with 
p, m, d, or s. 



62. Write an autobiography of a cat, a mouse, 
a fly, an umbrella, a book, etc. 



6;^. Name many creatures having wings. 



64. From such figures as a star, square, cross, 
etc., drawn on the blackboard, enclosing 



l6 SEAT OCCUPATION 

the words of a sentence in irres^ular order, 
find and write the correct statement. 



67. 




65. What vegcetables does a farmer bring in his 
wagon on market day? 



66. Name animals that have horns. 



Name 




(a) Animals 


that growl. 


(b) Animals 


that scratch. 


(c) Animals 


that gnaw. 


(d) Animals 


that sleep all winter 


(e) Animals 


that have bushy tails. 



(f) Animals with very short tails. 

68. Write the names of things that are round. 

69. Name the things that give heat. ■ 



SEAT OCCUPATION 1 7 

70. Tell when your next birthday will be, your 
age that day, and what you would like to 
do then. 



71. From memory write a gem or verse of a 
song:. 



72. Name things that are yellow, green, red, etc. 
'j'ii- Write a list of shoemakers' tools. 



74. What things may be bought at the drug- 
gist's ? 



75. Name different kinds of trees. 



yd. Tell your favorite flowers, and what time of 
the year do they grow. 



JJ. What things give light? 

78. Name occupations followed by men. 



l8 SEAT OCCUPATION 

79. How do we employ the following? 

A spade, a plough, an axe, a rake, scissors, 
a saw, a hammer, a dipper, shears. 



80. Name six things which are very heavy. 
Name six things which are very light. 



81. Tell how you spend your Saturdays. 



82. Name the different parts of a bird's body 
and tell the use of each. 



83. Do all birds move along the ground the 
same way? 

1. Name birds that hop. 

2. Name birds that walk. 



84. Write six questions commencing with where, 
why, or which. 



85. Are all birds' feet shaped alike? 

1. Name some birds with webbed feet. 

2. Name some birds with two claws in 

front and two at the back. 



SEAT OCCUPATION 1 9 

Name some birds with three claws in 
front and one at the back. 



86. Draw on your paper an island, coloring the 
land and water, putting a tree and a light- 
house on the island. 



Sy. Draw the picture of a strait on your paper, 
putting a river flowing into it through the 
land ; build a bridge across the strait, and 
draw a boat sailine near it. 



Draw the picture of a cocoon, and answer 

(a) To what are they always fastened? 

(b) What is inside the cocoon? 

(c) How did the worm get inside? 

(d) What will come out of the cocoon? 

(e) How long, after the worm shuts itself 

up, will it be before the butterfly 
comes out. 



89. Tell the insects that you know. How many 
legs have they? 



90. From white paper cut out pictures of fruit 
(as apples, pears, bananas, etc.), pasting 
them on colored manila paper. 



20 SEAT OCCUPATION 

91. Write the names of thing^s placed on the 
dining-room table at dinner time. 



92. Cut out with your scissors pictures of girls 
skipping pr Soys playing ball from white 
paper and paste the same on colored ma- 
nila paper. 



93. Cut out a Christmas picture, pasting the 
same on manila paper (using appropriate 
colors), putting in the fireplace, the fire 
in the grate, the stockings hanging up, a 
clock, a table, a chair, etc. 



94. Write in inverse order the numbers from 
twelve to fortv. 



95. In your own words write the story you like 
best. 



96. Make a very large 8 on your slate or pa- 
per and fill it full of very small eights. 



97. Write Roman notation from one to fifteen 
and spell out the names correctly. 



SEAT OCCUPATION 21 

98. Tell the number of units, tens, and hundreds 
in each of the following — 
38,729,64,807, 551,613, etc. 



99. If you were allowed to have a party, whom 
would vou like to invite and what would 
you like to do to entertain them? 



100. Make out a list of different kinds of nuts, 
and tell which you like best. 



loi. Draw the face of a clock, placing Roman 
numerals at the correct hour points. 



102. Write all the odd numbers, and spell the 
names between 5 and 45. 



103. Write all the even numbers between 18 and 
58 and spell the names. 



104. Write and spell all the names of numbers 
containing 3 between 3 and 100. 



22 SEAT OCCUPATION 

105. Write in words all the numbers ending in 
6 up to 106. 



106. Write the numbers in regular order from 

1. 18-40. 3. 201-245. 

2. 52-90. 4. 307-33^- 



107. Draw the picture of the flag of your coun- 
try. Tell its special name and why it is 
so called. 



108. Draw a domino, putting 5 dots in each sec- 
tion ; build the table of 5 and 5 from it. 



109. Draw an inch square and by using nine 
dots place therein the picture of a chair. 



no. From a list of words on the blackboard pic- 
ture the words 
A top, A tent, A gun, 

A cat, A bell, A boat, 

A mug, A drum. 



SEAT OCCUPATION 23 

III. When you have grown to be a man, or a 
woman, what would you hke to be and 
to do, giving your reasons? 



112. Replace the parts of a dissected picture 
card so as to make a complete picture 
again. 



113. Write a story about " The Crow." 

1. When does it fly about? 

2. What size is it? 

3. What is its color? 

4. What does it feed on? 

5. Where does it build its nest? 

6. What color are its eggs? 



114. Name five things which are 

soft, sharp, sticky, 

sour, smooth, heavy, 



115. Use correctly weak or week in these sen- 
tences, 

( T ) She went away before last. 

(2) This rope is very . 



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SF.AT OCCUPATION 

(3) How hot this has been. 

(4) That plant was a one. 

(5) Your dog has a leg. 

(6) We leave here in about a - 



116. What knowledge is gained by looking at 
an apple? What can you tell by feel- 
ing: it ? 



117. Name the different parts of 

A cart, an axe, a fork, 

A stove, a desk, a bell, 

An acorn, a pen, a boot. 



118. Name the different kinds of nuts that you 
know, and tell which you like best. 



119. Tell the different articles put in cans. 



120. Write seven words ending with the fol- 
lowing letters, g, p, r, d, m, etc. 



SEAT OCCUPATION 25 

121. (i) At what time of the year do we find 
f rojs^s' eggs ? 

(2) Where do we find them? 

(3) What do they look hke? 

(4) What becomes of a tadpole's tail? 

(5) Do the front or the hind legs grow 
first? 

(6) Tell something about a frog's voice. 



122. Answer these questions about the dande- 
lion, 
(i) What shape has the leaf? 

(2) Are the roots weak or strong? 

(3) What is the color of the flower? 

(4) What does the dandelion do at 
nights ? 

(5) How are the seeds spread? 

(6) Draw the shape of a dandelion seed 
flying in the air . 



123. Fill in the blanks with pail or pale — 
(a) Mary is looking . 

(b) The is full of water. 

(c) Put the milk into the tin . 

(d) What makes her look so 



(e) My is painted green. 

124. Name creatures which possess stings. 



26 SEAT OCCUPATION 

125. 



How do we use— - 






oil, iron, 


straw, 


coal, 


brick, tin. 


lime. 


ink. 



126. Answer the following questions about 
your dog — 

(a) Is it a large or a small dog? 

(b) What is its name? 

(c) Of what color is it? 

(d) Where does it sleep at night? 

(e) Does it like strangers? 

(f) What does it like best to eat? 

(g) How does it act when it sees you 
coming home? 

(h) Does it perform any tricks? 



127. Cut with your scissors from the paper 
given you figures and articles represent- 
ing the kitchen on baking day — pasting 
the same on manilla paper. 



12S. Picture the kitchen on washing day by 
means of scissors, paste, and paper. 



130. Answer the following questions about 
" The Robin — " 

(i) Does it live here in the winter? 
(2) What is its size? 



SEAT OCCUPATION 2"/ 

(3) Tell about the color of its feathers. 

(4) How can you tell a young robin 
from an old one? 

(5) What does it live on? 

(6) Of what is its nest built? 

(7) How many eggs are in its nest? 

(8) Of what color are they? 

(9) How do the baby robins get their 
food? 



131. Name things sold in boxes. 



132. Use correctly sent, cent or scent in the 
blanks. 

( I ) I lost a . 

(2.) Who this parcel? 

(3.) Jack gave this bottle of . 

(4,) Have you the book? 

(5.) The of the violets is sweet. 

(6.) What did you do with that — — ? 



133. Picture the story of the " Quarrelsome 
Kittens " with scissors, paste, and 
paper. 



134. (i) Name the parts of the body of a fly. 

(2) How many wings has the fly? 

(3) How many legs has the fly? 



28 SEAT OCCUPATION 

(4) How does it eat? 

(5) In what way does a fly act a cat? 

(6) Tell all the kinds of flies vou know 
of. 



135. (i) How would you know a woodpecker 
if you were to see one? 

(2) How does it get its name? 

(3) Where does it build its nest? 

(4) How many eggs are usually laid 
therein ? 

(5) On what does it live? 

(6) Does the woodpecker go south for 
the winter? 

(7) Does the woodpecker like bird com- 
panions? 

(8) What other name is often given to 
the woodpecker? 



136. Distinguish between knew and new in the 
blanks, 
(i) I that boy and girl. 

(2) See her pretty dress! 

(3) Did you say you them? 

(4) They need some books. 

(5) We where we left our . 

slates. 

(6) They were sure they what had 

been done with the readers. 



SEAT OCCUPATION 2g 

137. ( I ) Of what color are rabbits ? 

(2) Tell something about their ears. 

(3) Tell something about their noses. 

(4) When can a rabbit first see? 

(5) What do you know about the legs 
of rabbits? 

(6) For what use are their hind legs so 
long and so strong? 

(7) How do they escape from an enemy? 

(8) On what do they live? 

(9) What other animal has ears like the 
rabbit ? 



138. By means of scissors, paper and paste pic- 
ture the story of " The Three Bears," 
or " The Three Pigs," etc. 



139. (i) From what do almost all plants 
grow ? 

(2) Are all seeds of the same size and 
color? 

(3) Do the same number of seeds come 
from every flower? 

(4) Are seeds always scattered in the 
same way to form other plants? 

(5) At what time in the life of the plant 
do the seeds appear? 



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SEAT OCCUPATION 



140. With scissors, paste and paper picture 
" Little Bo Peep." 



141. Why do we celebrate 

Thanksgiving day? Christmas day? 
Decoration day ? Good Friday ? 



142. Compose a dialogue between 

(a) A hen and a duck. 

(b) A cat and an owl. 

(c) A kettle and a frying pan. 

(d) A bird and a boy, etc. 



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